Student and Alumni Profiles

Portrait of Magali Blanco in front of greenery.

Big data, big impact

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student Magali Blanco applies science and big data to investigate health risks in communities exposed to chemicals and air pollution

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Woman looking to the right with a rope and wood bridge behind her in a forested landscape.

Renée Codsi

Past student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

DEOHS MPH student Renée Codsi wins Husky 100 and DEOHS Outstanding Master’s Student awards

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Portrait of Drury outside with a tree in the background.

Dennise Drury

Current student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

DEOHS MPH student and outreach specialist Dennise Drury tackles sexual harassment in agriculture

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A woman leans against a wooden railing.

Yisi Liu

Past student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)

PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

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A man stands in a lab holding a swab in its paper packaging.

Renee Codsi

Current student profile

MPH, One Health (ONE)

It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi

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Daaniya Iyaz

Past student profile

MS (Thesis), Environmental Health (EH)

Daaniya Iyaz is researching how wildfire smoke events impact pediatric hospital admissions and health outcomes in the Seattle area.

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Two lab workers in protective suits and face shields hold up samples of wastewater in plastic bottles.

Sarah Philo

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Using milk to extract the novel coronavirus from wastewater could help pinpoint new outbreaks

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Two men in face masks carry a tall ladder standing six feet apart.

Dennise Drury

Current student profile

MPH, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)

Funding from the UW Population Health Initiative jump-started efforts by DEOHS and our partners, working side-by-side with farmworkers, to create tailored safety messages

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Student profile photo of Alicia Hendrix in the lab

Alicia Hendrix

Current student profile

PhD, Environmental Toxicology (Tox)

Alicia Hendrix earned an undergraduate degree in marine biology, then discovered a passion for environmental toxicology while studying algal toxins as a volunteer with the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

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